Warning on Atkins diet
By Rosemary Desmond THE AGE Monday, March 15, 2004
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has thrown its
weight behind a campaign warning people of the dangers of
the low-carbohydrate, high-fat Atkins Diet.
AMA federal president Dr Bill Glasson said other states
should follow the lead of Victoria in alerting people about
the potential harm the diet could cause.
"We'll be supporting the move by Victoria and the other
states who feel the evidence we have about the diet cannot
be substantiated," Dr Glasson said today.
"It's important we do get information out through our
general practices, and our GPs, as well as through general
public education and public health units around the states."
The Victorian government will today unveil a taxpayer funded
campaign aimed at convincing people to give up the high-
protein, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet and other 'fad diets'.
The Victorian state government planned to to give out
posters and information booklets at gyms, doctors' waiting
rooms and universities.
New York doctor Robert Atkins pioneered his controversial
diet more than 30 years ago.
He died last April, aged 72, after slipping and falling on
ice as he walked to work.
Dr Atkins was obese, weighing 117kg and suffering a history
of heart attacks, congestive heart failure and hypertension.
His widow Veronica Atkins was reportedly seeking legal
action, including suing the City of New York, over the
release of medical records.
The Atkins Physicians Council in New York, said Atkins'
medical records showed his heart problems were related to
cardiomyopathy, probably due to a virus.
Queensland AMA president Dr David Molloy said he did not
recommend the old Atkins Diet in its purest form, but a low-
starch diet with a good mixture of polyunsaturated fats was
a healthy choice for weight loss and long-term weight
management.
Dr Molloy said the Queensland government would be better off
spending taxpayers' funds on other health needs than on
issuing warnings against the old Atkins Diet.
"As far as public health campaigns are concerned, I'd prefer
to see the money spent on more urgent needs such as aged
care beds or rehabilitation services or fluoridation." - AAP
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